Venkatesh Gattem

Venkatesh Gattem is an Indian micro-artist. He has carved many sculptures and names on wide rage of mediums, including toothpicks and pencils. He came to notice after winning the Guinness World record for carving the Empire State Building on a toothpick.
Early life and career
Venkatesh Gattem was born in Chinadoddigallu village, Visakhapatnam district on 28 May 1996. His father Suribabu supports his family as farmers and his mother Satyavati is a housewife. He had completed schooling in Gowtham Model School and Graduated from GITAM school of architecture in 2019.
Art
Venkatesh started his first sculpture after tenth standard, which was a miniature of Lord Ganesh on Bangles. With a constant support from his family, he had continued his work as a micro-artist. Some of the well-known micro-sculptures made by Venkatesh Include, Empire State Building on Toothpicks, which helps him to bag Guinness world record in 2017.
Legacy
Venkatesh conducts annual workshops to teach youth about Micro-art in more than 80 schools, mostly in Government schools and rural areas. He has trained about 15,000 students. He teaches children to make decorative items out of Waste Materials.
Awards
Venkatesh was awarded with more than 90 awards in past five years.; World Records India for Miniature Matchstick carving. for biggest Paper boat mosaic made by Paper boats.

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